Opinion: The US military is making a comeback thanks to Trump
After years of decline in both recruitment and retention, alongside an air of neglect for our nation’s warfighters, the American military is turning a corner. Renewed leadership under President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is inspiring one of the most dramatic military revivals in recent history.
Under the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of the Army missed its recruitment goals by historic margins. In fiscal 2022, they aimed to bring in 60,000 people and came up 15,000 short. In fiscal 2023, despite increasing the target to 65,000, the Army fell short again, only managing 55,000 recruits — the worst recruiting crisis since the all-volunteer force was established in 1973.
The Departments of the Navy and Air Force fared no better. The Air Force missed its recruiting goal for the first time in nearly a quarter-century. The Marine Corps, which typically begins each year exceeding half of its recruitment goal, entered fiscal 2022 with just over 30 percent.
These numbers are even more concerning when you realize the domino effect that followed. In 2024, the U.S. entered in a new year with the smallest active-duty service since the U.S. entered World War II. The trajectory wasn’t good, considering China, Russia and conflicts in the Middle East had all settled in our peripherals.
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